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The Centre for Canadian Studies offers an opportunity to study Canadian culture and society from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, with co-operating faculty from Communication, Popular Culture and Film, Dramatic Arts, Economics, English Language and Literature, Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology and Visual Arts.
Students take required interdisciplinary Canadian Studies (CANA) courses along with a number of Canada-centred courses offered by other departments emphasizing the unique nature of the Canadian experience, and the value and practice of combining disciplinary approaches in the study of culture and society.
CANA core courses offered in years 1, 2 and 3 are designed to introduce students to interdisciplinary studies in a progressive manner. The year 1 course is taught by one instructor and examines the development of Canadian culture from the perspectives of disciplines within the Humanities. Year 2 and 3 courses are interdisciplinary courses which combine Humanities and Social Sciences perspectives on a particular topic or issue related to the study and understanding of Canada.
The Centre for Canadian Studies offers combined major programs leading to a BA (Honours or Pass) and a Minor for students in other disciplines. Canadian Studies core courses may also be taken as electives by students in other degree programs. Canadian Studies may be combined with any other discipline or program in the Humanities or Social Sciences which offer a combined major program.
Together with the requirements for a combined major BA (Honours) in Canadian Studies, students may choose to fulfill the requirements for a Concentration in Canadian Cultural Texts and Practices, a Concentration in Canadian Society and Politics or a Concentration in Politics and Francophone Canada: Language and Culture. These Concentrations allow students to develop a distinct emphasis on either Humanities or Social Sciences approaches to the study of Canada.

CANA credits may be chosen from approved courses in Canadian Studies within the student's co-major. However, students may not use the same courses(s) to satisfy both the CANA requirement and the co-major requirement.

Each student should meet with the Humanities Academic Adviser and the Chair/Director of the co-major discipline before the end of the first year of study, to ensure that his or her choice of courses meets the criteria for the combined major degree.

In 20 credit degree programs a maximum of eight credits may be numbered 1(alpha)00 to 1(alpha)99; at least three credits must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above; at least three credits must be numbered 3(alpha)90 or above; and the remaining credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above.

In 15 credit degree programs a maximum of eight credits may be numbered 1(alpha)00 to 1(alpha)99; at least three credits must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above; and the remaining credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above.

In some circumstances, in order to meet university degree and program requirements, more than 15 or 20 credits may be taken.

In co-operation with the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, the Centre for Canadian Studies offers a combined major leading to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Canadian Studies and French Studies. Designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge demanded for successful leadership in Canadian business, tourism and civil service.
Year 1

Students may earn a Concentration in Canadian Cultural Texts and Practices by successfully completing the following courses together with the requirements for a combined major BA (Honours) in Canadian Studies:

Students may earn a Concentration in Canadian Society and Politics by successfully completing the following courses together with the requirements for a combined major BA (Honours) in Canadian Studies:

Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met. test
CANA 1F91
Introduction to Canadian Studies
Examination of the creation of Canadian identity, boundaries, and institutions, through historical, political, and cultural mythologies. Application of the interdisciplinary tools of Canadian Studies to texts, film, music, literature, popular media and artistic interpretations in Canada.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
#CANA 2P86
Women, Gender and the Economy
(also offered as LABR 2P86, SOCI 2P86 and WGST 2P86)
Women in the Canadian labour market. Topics include allocation of time between the household and the labour market, gender segregation in the work place, how earnings are determined, causes of occupational and earning difference by gender, role of investment in education and discrimination, recent developments in the labour market and their impact on women and men, and selected policy issues.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 4.0 overall credits.
Note: may be offered online.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE (ECON) 2P86.
CANA 2P91
Culture and Power in Canada I: Cultural Communities
Interdisciplinary examination of Canadian culture and society employing a variety of methods and perspectives. Approaches drawn from cultural studies, social theory and critical analysis applied to examples of Canadian literature, art, cinema and popular culture. Topics may include dynamics of race, class and gender, linguistic diversity, multiculturalism, ethnic relations and cultural appropriation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Note: CANA 1F91 recommended.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CANA 2F91.
CANA 2P92
Culture and Power in Canada II: Cultural Institutions
Interdisciplinary examination of Canadian culture and society employing a variety of methods and perspectives. Approaches drawn from cultural studies, social theory and critical analysis applied to examples of Canadian literature, art, cinema and popular culture. Topics may include cultural industries and institutions, cultural and media policies, Canada-US relations and examination of Canadian myths.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Note: CANA 1F91 recommended.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CANA 2F91.
#CANA 2P98
Italians in Canada and Italy-Canada Relations
(also offered as INTC 2P98 and ITAL 2P98)
History of Italian immigration in Canada focusing on Ontario. Italian-Canadian literature including such writers as Nino Ricci and Mary Di Michele. Cultural and economic relations between Italy and Canada including World War II internment experience. Italian contribution to the arts in Canada (art, music, film, literature).
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits or permission of instructor.
Note: given in English. No knowledge of Italian required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ITAL 2P85.
CANA 3M90-3M99
Selected Interdisciplinary Studies
Application of principles of interdisciplinary studies and techniques to the study of Canada.
#CANA 3P10
Canadian Diversity in Comparative Perspective
(also offered as POLI 3P10)
Contextualize Canada's response to diversity by exploring the various facets of multiculturalism and citizenship as ideals, policies and theories.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of instructor.
#CANA 3P14
Aboriginal Politics in Canada
(also offered as POLI 3P14)
Key historic and contemporary issues in Aboriginal politics. Topics include settler-site relations, treaties, indigenous governance and resistance.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
CANA 3P15
A Foreign Prospect: Canada from Beyond its Borders
Perceptions of Canada and Canadians originating outside of the nation's borders, topics include Aboriginal relations, government, the environment, warfare, the arts and cultural conflict. From first contact to the contemporary period, drawing upon fictional, historical, political and artistic interpretations of the nation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): CANA 1F91 or permission of the instructor.
#CANA 3P16
Politics in Québec
(also offered as POLI 3P16)
Québec's political, social and economic evolution since 1945. Topics may include old and new varieties of nationalism, the Quiet Revolution, the changing roles of church and state, the decline of the anglophone minority, Québec's impact on Canadian Federalism.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of CANA 2P91, 2P92 (2F91), one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
*CANA 3P40
The New Niagara
(also offered as GEOG 3P40)
Quantitative and qualitative techniques for examining Niagaras cultural, demographic and economic changes. Topics may include changes in Niagara's industries and occupations, Niagaras position in the world economy, regional growth coalitions, economic restructuring, income inequality, free trade, deindustrialization, agricultural decline, tourism, structural unemployment, demographic transition, in- and out-migration, brain drain, greying population, and transition to cognitivecultural economy.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite(s): two credits from CANA 2P86, 2P91, 2P92, ECON 1P91, 1P92, 2P19, GEOG (2P02), 2P03, 2P07, 2P12, 3P05, HIST 2F27, MATH 1P92, 1P98, POLI 2P80, SOCI 2P22, 2P23, 2P26, 3P11, 3P12 or permission of the instructor.
Note: labs involve using GIS and other software to map and analyze cultural, demographic and economic change in Niagara.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GEOG 3P93 and GEOG (TREN/TMGT) 3P98.
CANA 3P95
Foreign Ventures: Canada's Changing Global Role
Canadian perception of and interaction with other countries and cultures, including state-driven political, military and economic programs, global social and cultural exchanges, and domestic attitudes toward Canada's global role from the late 19 century to the present.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): CANA 1F91 or permission of instructor.
CANA 3V90-3V99
Advanced Topics in Canadian/American Transnationalism
Studies in specialized transnational topics in Canadian Studies.
Lectures, seminars, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): CANA 2P91 and 2P92 (2F91) or permission of the instructor.
*CANA 3V90
2016-2017: Iroquois Cosmological Narratives
(also offered as ENGL 3V90 and INDG 3V90)
Iroquois cosmological narrative and the cultural traditions of the Haudenosaunee. Topics include genre (myth, folklore and more), literary conventions, multiple versions of narratives and contemporary contexts for ancient stories.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
CANA 4F01
Advanced Topics in Canadian Studies
Interdisciplinary examination of critical themes in Canadian culture, history, economy, politics, geography and citizenship, focusing on regional identities, border crossings and the binational relations.
Lectures, seminar, 6 hours per week in Fall term, Independent study in Winter term.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite(s): CANA 1F91 or permission of instructor.
Note: students should hold a valid passport and/or required documentation for travel to the United States.
CANA 4F99
Honours Thesis/Project
Independent interdisciplinary study under the guidance of a faculty adviser.
Restriction: open to CANA majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director.
Note: students are responsible for making arrangements with a supervising faculty member and must submit a written proposal by September 15. Thesis/project, to be evaluated by a faculty committee representing the disciplinary areas to which the thesis/project is related.
#CANA 4P10
History in the Field: Ontario and the War of 1812
(also offered as HIST 4P10)
Social, cultural, political and economic impact of the War of 1812 in southern Ontario, emphasizing commemoration and public history. Examinations of historic sites, battle fields and material artifacts; study of historical and historiographical texts; field research at local museums, archives and historic sites.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to HIST (single or combined) and HIST (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors with approval to year 4 (honours) until date specified in Registration guide and then open to other students with permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CANA 1F91, HIST 2P01 or permission of the instructor.
Note: students are responsible for travel and other expenses.
CANA 4V10-4V70
Topics in Canadian History
Seminar, 3 hours per week.